PHY2001 Applied Electromagnetics

Module 3 Time-Varying Fields

 Time-Varying Fields

 Faraday’s Law (Transformer and Motional emf)

 Inconsistency of Ampere’s Law and Displacement Current Density

 Maxwell’s Equations in Differential and Integral Forms (Time-varying

fields)

 Stationary charges: Electrostatic fields

 Steady currents: Magnetostatic fields
 Time-varying currents: Electromagnetic fields (or waves)

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 Electrostatic fields E  x, y, z 
PHY2001 Applied Electromagnetics

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 Magnetostatic fields H  x, y, z 

 Static, or time-invariant, EM fields. Electric and magnetic fields are

independent of each other

 Time-varying fields: Electric and magnetic fields are dynamic.

Electric and magnetic fields are interdependent

 A time-varying electric field necessarily involves

 a corresponding
time-varying magnetic field E  x, y , z , t  H  x, y, z , t 

 Time-varying EM fields are of more practical value than the static

EM fields